Using the ‘World Disasters Report’ for programming and advocacy

Using the ‘World Disasters Report’ for programming and advocacy

Over the past decade, almost 4000 natural disasters have impacted 2 billion people costing $1.7 billion in damages. Two-thirds of those affected were found in China, India, and the Philippines. But the demand for support is shifting, the 2018 “World Disasters Report,” released by the International Federation of the Red Cross, has found.

Some 134 million people needed humanitarian assistance in 2018, the report shows, quoting United Nations data. IFRC emergency operation budgets have seen an increased demand to support biological disasters, populations movements, and weather-related disasters…

Good work damaged by minister on L plates, but here’s how to help our neighbours

It is far more cost effective to climate proof that school, that hospital or that community hall in the first place, before it is damaged or destroyed.

This is what the Pacific Resilience Fund is about. It will enable Pacific Island Countries to borrow small amounts at very concessional levels to do basic climate proofing to their vital community infrastructure. It is a key regional priority being driven by the Pacific Island Forum and its Secretary-General, Dame Meg Taylor. It is a priority which as the responsible minister, I sought to galvanise support for. The Pacific wants to start helping itself. This is what the Pacific needs and…

Last week saw the announcement of the 2018 National Resilient Australia Award winners. The presentation was held in Brisbane and proudly we can say that the award was taken out by a local Moreton initiative.

Members from the Queensland Police Service (QPS), Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) and Moreton Bay Regional Council took out the State award in October and have gone on to successfully take out the National award with the My Resilient Community initiative.

The My Resilient Community project delivers pathways to strengthen community resilience through improving preparedness, response and recovery capacity…

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The global air traffic network may be more vulnerable to natural disasters than you realize.

Recent volcanic activity reminds us of the 2010 disaster. The volcano in southern Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull glacier sends ash into the air just prior to sunset ON Friday, April 16, 2010. Thick drifts of volcanic ash blanketed parts of rural Iceland on Friday as a vast, invisible plume of grit drifted over Europe, emptying the skies of planes and sending hundreds of thousands in search of hotel rooms, train tickets or rental cars. (AP Photo/Brynjar Gauti) #

A section of Lake Oroville is seen nearly dry on August 19, 2014 in Oroville, California. As the severe drought in California continues for a third straight year, water levels in the State’s lakes and reservoirs are reaching historic lows. Lake Oroville is currently at 32 percent of its total 3,537,577 acre feet. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

this earthquake is believed to be the biggest in the region in 25 years – had destroyed four mobile homes and made 16 buildings “uninhabitable”,

The Story of Cyclone Tracy by Sophie Cunningham.

Forty homes appeared to have been completely submerged in the mudslide- only one building was left above ground level Photo: Getty

Motorists try to move their cars Thursday after being trapped on the flooded southbound Lodge near Dexter after a water main broke near the freeway about 2:30 p.m. Water from a 42-inch main poured down a freeway ramp and rose nearly 4 feet, causing backups. / Photos by William Archie/Detroit Free Press. Source: http://www.freep.com/article/20120601/NEWS01/206010386/Lodge-reopens-after-flooding-halts-traffic-near-water-main-break

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A solar flare bursts off the left limb of the sun in this image

even false tsunami warning can cause death toll in community…

Great guide for all pets owners; RSPCA Queensland. Source: http://www.rspcaqld.org.au/Information/AnimalCareTips/SummerTips/CyclonePreparedness